1991

John Ma­jor, above right, at Maas­tricht. He se­cures opt-outs from the sin­gle cur­rency and the So­cial Chap­ter. But his premier­ship is dogged by op­po­si­tion from ‘Maas­tricht rebels’ on the party’s right, cul­mi­nat­ing in his de­scrip­tion of three cabi­net col­leagues as ‘bas­tards’.